From March 5 to 8, researchers and physicians from NYU Langone Health join colleagues from around the world at the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees. For a full list of presentations, visit the NASBS website.
Thursday, March 5 | ICOM–Meningioma Education Day
Progesterone Therapy in Meningioma Management
Session: Pre-Op: Seeing the Unseeable
Presenter: Paul A. Gardner, MD
8:05–9:45AM | Pacific A
Corridors of Approach: The Modern Approach to Skull Base Meningioma Surgery
Session: Intra-Op: Surgical Innovation for Patient Safety
Presenter: Paul A. Gardner, MD
10:00AM–12:00PM | Pacific A
Tumor Board: Experts vs AtlasGPT
Session: Panel/Cases
Panelist: Paul A. Gardner, MD
1:00–2:00PM | Pacific A
Friday, March 6
Anterior Skull Base & Orbit Track: Dolenc Education Day
Radiosurgery is Better for Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
Session: Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas and Surgical Approaches
Presenter: Douglas Kondziolka, MD
8:35–9:35AM | Town & Country Ballroom AB
When is an Endonasal Endoscopic Approach Superior?
Session: Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas and Surgical Approaches
Presenter: Paul A. Gardner, MD
8:35–9:35AM | Town & Country Ballroom AB
Lateral Skull Base, Petrous Apex & Otology Track: Vestibular Schwannoma and NF2-related Schwannomatosis
Maximizing Functional Outcome AND Tumor Resection
Session: Anything is Possible: Maximizing Functional Outcome AND Tumor Control in Vestibular Schwannoma
Presenter: John G. Golfinos, MD
7:30–8:30AM | Pacific A
Surgical Management of NF2—Which Tumor, When?
Session: Update on NF2-associated Schwannomatosis
Presenter: J. Thomas Roland Jr., MD
8:35–9:35AM | Pacific A
Sellar and Parasellar Track: Chordoma
Case 2: Craniocervical Junction Chordoma Surgical Considerations: Approach, When to Instrument
Session: Cased Based Tumor Board Session: Chordoma
Presenter: Donato R. Pacione, MD
8:35–9:35AM | Pacific D
Saturday, March 7
Infratemporal Fossa, Jugular Foramen & Head and Neck Track: Petroclival & Jugular Foramen
Why Not Treat All Temporal Bone/Jugular Foramen Paraganglioma with Radiation?
Session: Jugular Foramen Paraganglioma
Presenter: Douglas Kondziolka, MD
7:30–8:30AM | Pacific A
Lateral Skull Base, Petrous Apex & Otology Track: Hearing and Vestibular Rehabilitation
Update on Auditory Brainstem Implantation—Outcomes & Indications
Session: The Present and Future of Hearing Restoration and Rehabilitation
Presenter: John G. Golfinos, MD
2:25–3:25PM | Pacific C
Pediatrics, Socioeconomic & Technology Track: Career Building in Skull Base
Session: Career Building in Skull Base
Panelist: Carlos D. Pinheiro Neto, MD
2:25–3:25PM | Pacific E
Rhoton Room
Case Presentation/Discussion Endoscopic Approaches
Session: Rhoton Room Dueling Dissections Session 3: Petroclival Region
Presenter & Moderator: Paul A. Gardner, MD
4:00–6:05PM | Town & Country Ballroom CD
Sunday, March 8
Infratemporal Fossa, Jugular Foramen & Head and Neck Track: Craniocervical Junction – Bernard George Education Day
Surgical Treatment of Chordoma in Pittsburg and Bernard George Influence
Session: Bernard George Education Day Part 1: Mastering Chordomas – From Microscope to Modern Era
Presenter: Paul A. Gardner, MD
7:30–8:30AM | Town & Country Ballroom AB
Reflections on Chordoma Surgery and Souvenir of Lariboisiere
Session: Bernard George Education Day Part 1: Mastering Chordomas – From Microscope to Modern Era
Presenter: Chandra Sen, MD
7:30–8:30AM | Town & Country Ballroom AB
Proffered Papers
Defining CT-based anatomical parameters for free flap reconstruction of the clivus via transmaxillary inset
Session: Videos – Vascular and Reconstruction
Presenter: Isabella Goncalves, BS
Saturday, March 7 | 1:20–2:20PM | Palm 1–3
Maximizing access to the petroclival region: An anatomic comparison of the transcranial preauricular subtemporal infratemporal fossa and endoscopic contralateral transmaxillary approaches with clinical case series
Session: Surgical Approaches and Technology 2
Presenter: Rajeev D. Sen, MD
Saturday, March 7 | 4:00–5:00PM | Palm 1–3
Endoscopic trans-orbital approach with a modified lateral orbitotomy for spheno-orbital meningioma resection
Session: Meningioma Videos
Presenter: Kristen Marciniuk, MD, PhD
Saturday, March 7 | 5:05–6:05PM | Sunset 1–3
First artificial intelligence system to support clinical decision making for patients with vestibular schwannomas
Session: Skull Base Tumors 2
Presenter: Kristen Marciniuk, MD, PhD
Sunday, March 8 | 10:05–11:05AM | Pacific F&G
Enhanced recovery protocols reduce length of stay and readmission rate after endoscopic endonasal resection of pituitary adenomas
Session: Value Based Care/QOL
Presenter: Carter M. Suryadevara, MD, PhD
Sunday, March 8 | 11:10–12:10PM | Pacific D
NYU Langone has a prominent presence at NASBS this year, with additional abstracts and posters showcasing our current research. We invite you to visit us in the Exhibit Hall to explore our latest work.
